Why hasn’t PSR taken more time to find alternatives to staff layoffs?
The faculty considered the possibility of a short-term, intensive effort, using outside consultants, to restructure the PANA program and staff in ways that would be sustainable for the long haul. After careful consideration, the faculty concluded that, because of the number of issues PANA faces, a longer period of time would be needed. Why is the faculty involved in making decisions about PANA’s future? PANA was created by the faculty as a PSR center and has, from the beginning, been accountable to both the faculty and the API community. All of PSR’s academic programs are overseen by the faculty, and the centers’ executive directors are members of the faculty. Why has PSR suspended PANA’s operations when there still appear to be funds available? It is true that there are some funds still available from the Lilly grant supporting R2W. That fund balance was to be matched by new gifts and in-kind contributions. We have not been successful in raising those matching funds and do not see any
